My 'Blue Moon' painting, on the cover of the Blue issue of ArtAscent magazine.

BLUE MOON - once in a blue moon, isn't that the phrase? Well this week - we have had our router and phone struck by lightening, I have finally received my paper copy of ArtAscent magazine and my blog feclark is trending on tumblr. Wow!

I was delighted to have been awarded an Honourable Mention from ArtAscent magazine for my submission of 3 paintings to their Blue themed issue, even more excited to find that I was on the actual cover. I use blue a lot in my work - for me, it is: the colour of the sea, sky, hills, the kind blue of a lover's eyes, it can evoke - cold, warmth, mystery and silence.

I am also very pleased that both my daily paintings, and larger, more finished paintings, are equally enjoyed by people.

Trending on Tumblr - well, how fabulously cool.........only I am not quite sure how this happened or even what it means - but quietly pleased. Tumblr is a micro blogging platform, where I post images of my paintings - mostly images, not so much text. My blog there is called feclark.

I have finally managed to put my whole 'Year of Daily Painting' up on the website here - all 12 monthly 'Maps' - you can see them here. I continue to offer these wee paintings for sale - enquiries welcome, you can contact me here. Here are some that have headed off to new homes recently:

Now, one might think I might be getting a bit big-headed and blase about all this - but the funny thing is that for me - it is what I am making at any given time that is the most important. Oh - fabulously encouraging and exciting to have honourable mentions, be trending, have folk like work enough to part with hard earned cash, but these lovely things are almost separate to what I am up to now.

Hat Status: I have purchased a 'flat cap', it is grey blue, I am not sure about it...............Wildcard Status: We are 'off the grid' until BT come and sort out our phone and internet router - so intermittent access via family, friends' and public library computers - please have patience.Painting Status: 2 larger paintings still to resolve - needing space and time.Writing Status: This is it.Reading Status: Enjoying reading: Sue Monk Kidd's - 'The Invention of Wings' and delighted to have 'found' R.J. Ellory's books - they are referred to as thrillers, but I think they have something rather magic and mystical about them.Coffee Status: Hmmmm, let us not mention coffee snaffling colleagues.